VOCAB 53/54

Question 1

abrasive

Answer 1

harsh, causing irritation, rough

Question 2

acerbic

Answer 2

sour or bitter in mood or tone

Question 3

apogee

Answer 3

the highest or most distant point; the climax

Question 4

communal

Answer 4

pertaining to a group or community

Question 5

coterie

Answer 5

a small group that shares interests

Question 6

despairing

Answer 6

hopeless, despondent, discouraged

Question 7

emollient

Answer 7

something that soothes or softens

Question 8

falliable

Answer 8

capable of making an error

Question 9

flaccid

Answer 9

lacking vigor or force; yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness

Question 10

idolatry

Answer 10

worship of idols, excessive devotion

Question 11

ignominy

Answer 11

disgraceful or dishonorable conduct

Question 12

implicit

Answer 12

understood but not directly expressed

Question 13

kinetic

Answer 13

pertaining to motion, characterized by movement

Question 14

malicious

Answer 14

motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm

Question 15

motley

Answer 15

exhibiting great diversity of elements; heterogenous

Question 16

optimum

Answer 16

most favorable, best or greatest degree attainable

Question 17

preciosity

Answer 17

meticulousness, extreme fastidiousness

Question 18

puerile

Answer 18

childish, immature

Question 19

scathing

Answer 19

bitterly severe, harmful, injurious

Question 20

transgression

Answer 20

violation of a law or command, sin

Question 21

abject

Answer 21

utterly hopeless, humiliating, or wretched; contemptible

Question 22

aperture

Answer 22

a hole or opening

Question 23

befuddled

Answer 23

confused

Question 24

blunderbuss

Answer 24

a clumsy or careless person; an obsolete firearm with a bell muzzle

Question 25

crescendo

Answer 25

a gradual increase in volume and intensity

Question 26

disavowal

Answer 26

denial

Question 27

enthralling

Answer 27

captivating, spellbinding

Question 28

extrinsic

Answer 28

not inherent, external

Question 29

fussbudget

Answer 29

one who fusses

Question 30

gentility

Answer 30

state of refinement, member of the upper class or gentry

Question 31

infidel

Answer 31

a person who has no religious faith; unbeliever

Question 32

intrinsic

Answer 32

belonging or pertaining to the essential nature of a thing

Question 33

laggard

Answer 33

slow, sluggish

Question 34

malodorous

Answer 34

foul-smelling, highly improper

Question 35

mottled

Answer 35

marked with spots of different color

Question 36

précis

Answer 36

an abstract or summary

Question 37

solvent

Answer 37

able to pay debts

Question 38

surly

Answer 38

churlishly rude or bad-tempered; unfriendly, hostile

Question 39

venturesome

Answer 39

being bold and taking risks

Question 40

wan

Answer 40

very pale and sickly